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Each week, we'll bring you the very best student athletes in the Ark-La-Tex. They're recognized for their physical abilities, scholastic achievements, and involvement within their community. You'll see their stories each Wednesday on KSLA News 12 at 6 and right here on ksla.com.
We also need you to tell us about the extraordinary student athletes you know. If you would like to nominate someone for the Landers Dodge, Chrysler, Jeep "Athlete of the Week" & KSLA, please fill out our online nomination form. You can also pick up a form at Landers Dodge, Chrysler, Jeep at 2701 Benton Rd. in Bossier City or the KSLA News 12 studios at 1812 Fairfield Ave. in Shreveport.
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This weeks Landers Dodge Chrysler Jeep Athlete of the Week is Vinny Cacioppo. A senior receiver on the Loyola Flyers football team, Cacioppo is involved in school and baseball and that's why he's this More>>
Evangel's Dewitt & Judah Jones are amazing athletes on the football field for the Eagles. The brothers are also in a family band named Forever Jones, whose single "He Wants It All" is currently sitting More>>
This week's featured athlete is Fair Park running back Ronnie Prealow. A junior, Prealow is already a two year starter and is a leader both on and off the playing field and that is why he's this weeks More>>
This week's featured athlete attends Bossier High School. Herbert Cruz is a multi sport athlete who is equally valuable to his school both on and off the field and that's why he's the Landers Dodge Chrysler More>>
Evangel wrestling star, Matt Kimmel is a stand out on the mat and in the classroom. The two time state wrestling champion also has a 3.8 gpa to go along with it. To find out more about this week's Landers More>>
Haughton Buccaneer Drake Smith is a state champion on the track and a role model at school and that is why he is this week's Landers Dodge Chrysler Jeep Athlete of the Week. More>>
Southwood incoming senior Jonathan Finnerty is a junior MMA champion along with being a third degree black belt in Taekwondo. More>>
Woodlawn's Leadership Academy senior Brianna Maiden is a two year captain and the shortstop. A big part of the team since a freshman, she is a three time all district 1-4A shortstop of the year. To go More>>
Dennisha Chambers is Plain Dealing's pint-sized point guard. While she might be small in size, she plays big on the hardwood and that's why Chambers is this week's Athlete of the Week. More>>
This weeks Landers Dodge Chrysler Jeep Athlete of the week is Josh Hudson. The 13 year old is the reigning junior high school cross country champion and accomplished triathlete. For more on Josh click More>>
This week's Landers Dodge Chrysler Jeep's Athlete of the week is Hunter Gauntlett. Gauntlett helped lead this Calvary golf team to a state title this year. Gaunlett also performed just as well in the More>>
This week's Landers Dodge Chrysler Jeep's Athletes of the week are a dynamic brother and sister duo. Ashton and Reed Keen, who are 14 and 12 respectively compete in triathlons against much older opponents. More>>
The Benton standout has the "eye of the tiger". That is, he will be an LSU Tiger next year when he attends the university and plans to pursue a degree in engineering. For more on Jeff's story click on More>>
A six-year old from DeBerry, Texas is taking the sport of motocross by storm. That is why Seth Milam is this week's Landers' Dodge Chrysler Jeep Athlete of the Week. For more on Seth, click on the story More>>
Twin brothers, Nick and Chris Hutchinson are a double trouble for Byrd opponents on the hardwood. The two seniors are this week's Landers Dodge Chrysler Jeep Athletes of the Week. For more on this story More>>
Captain Shreve's Christopher Lawrence three sport star is this week's Landers' Dodge Chrysler Jeep Athlete of the Week. The junior excels in soccer, football and track for the Gators. For more on Lawrence More>>
For this week's Athlete of the Week , we travel to Loyola for senior pitcher Grady Flournoy. A Bulldog type on the mound and a great teammate for the entire Flyers' team. For more on Grady click on his More>>
We couldn't find one reason to make Ringgold's Septembria Martin this week's Athlete of the Week. We found several. Septembria is involved in nearly every sport and club at her school and excels in them More>>
Haughton's two-star athlete Pamela Lee is this week's Landers Dodge Chrysler Jeep's Athlete of the Week. Lee is the second ranked high jumper in the country. For more on this week's winner click on the More>>
Booker T. Washington's star athlete Cassius Washington has seen his hard work pay off in the form of a scholarship. Washington excels in three sports for the Lions, but knows his success would not be More>>
At Ringgold High School Robert Gardner is a supreme athlete. He is a power lifting champion, a four time all-district football player and a state finalist in the high jump. For all of these reason he More>>
This week's Athlete of the Week, Alexis Lofton is more than just a stand out on the softball field, she is a stand out in her community as well. Sports Director Colin McElroy has more on this week's Landers More>>
In this week's edition of Athlete of the Week, Sports Director Colin McElroy heads out to the softball diamond to introduce us to this week's Landers' Dodge Chrysler Jeep Athlete of the Week. More>>
Alex Walton is a district champion in the javelin as well as a quarterback on the Byrd High School football team. He is this week's Landers' Dodge Chrysler Jeep Athlete of the Week. Walton is also More>>
Arcadia High School freshman Shlonte' Allen helped lead her team to the Class A State Championship Basketball title. More>>
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As Southwood High School Lady Cowboys move closer to a state championship, one of them is named the Landers Dodge Chrysler Jeep athlete of the week. More>>
The Arkansas High School softball team has high expectations for the upcoming season. More>>
Kayla Walker and the Southwood girls' basketball team are on a mission in 2010, win a state championship. The senior guard is this week's Landers' Dodge Chrysler Jeep athlete of the week, as she has led More>>
Sam Shoemaker's shoemaker must be a busy guy. The Minden high school sophomore excels at just about every sport imaginable, so as you would imagine he needs a lot different shoes. From football to soccer More>>
For this week's addition of Athlete of the Week, we head to Plain Dealing High School. Dennisha Chambers is a leader on and off the court and serves the Lady Lions as the starting point guard. Click on More>>
At Ringgold High School, Robert Gardner is a supreme athlete. He's a power-lifting champion, four time all-district football player and state track star. More>>
For this week's Lander's Dodge Chrysler Jeep Athlete of the Week, Sports Director Colin McElroy heads to Parkway High School. More>>
This week's Landers Dodge, Chrysler, Jeep Athlete of the Week is Sam Shoemaker, a Minden High School sophomore who truly enjoys athletics and academics. More>>
Germario Ester is the latest Landers' Dodge Chrysler Jeep Athlete of the week. The Green Oaks point guard has led the Giants to a #6 ranking in the latest state poll. More>>
Toree Mason is one of the top basketball players in the Ark-La-Tex. The Byrd Lady Yellow Jacket forward has her team poised to make a run for a district championship. More>>
Jalan West is one of the most dynamic boys basketball players in the Ark-La-Tex. More>>
Miriam Trafford is this week's Landers' Dodge Chrysler Jeep Athlete of the Week. More>>
Converse High School senior Kristyn Craig is this week's Athlete of the Week. Kristyn is a star player on the court and a star student in the classroom. More>>
Athlete of the Week - December 9
This week's Athlete of the Week is Haynesville football star, DJ Lewis. Lewis has helped lead the Golden Tors to the cusp of a state championship. More>>
Whitney Gaston-Loyd is this week's Landers' Dodge Chrysler Jeep athlete of the week, the senior power forward is starring for the Southwood Lady Cowboys. More>>
You can call Kaitlin Flattmann a state champion, and you can also call her a Landers' Dodge Chrysler Jeep Athlete of the week. More>>
Athlete of the Week - November 4
Loyola College Prep's Tommy Foster is so good at tackling people, he can do it with one arm tied behind his back. More>>
Beau McFerren shines on both offense and defense for the North Desoto Griffins. More>>
Jarrett Fobbs is one of the top football players in the Ark-La-Tex. He has led the Huntington Raiders to the brink of a playoff birth. More>>
Minden High School's Hunter Leppert is one of the top quarterbacks in the Ark-La-Tex. More>>
Northwood High School's Hunter Feibel is this week's Landers' Dodge Chrysler Jeep athlete of the week. The senior center for the Falcons football team has started since his sophomore year and is hoping More>>
Demario Thomas has the Captain Shreve Gators on the rise in Class 5A district one. More>>
Tim Wilson is this week's Landers's Dodge Chrysler Jeep athlete of the week. A senior to be at Byrd High School, Wilson excels on the golf course where he is one of the top junior players in the state. More>>
Codie Lindsay is a dominant athlete at a not so traditional sport. The 14-year old, freshman to be at North Desoto High School stars in the world of shooting sporting clays. More>>
Delanie Hall is a talented mixed martial artist, who has had tremendous success during his high school career as a wrestler.
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Caddo Magnet sophomore to be Mary Meyers stole the show at the USTA 16 and under Intersectional tennis tournament at Pierremont Oaks this week. More>>
Jonathan Gooch is a tremendous athlete that has overcome the odds to compete at the highest level in his sport. More>>
This week's Landers' Dodge Chrysler Jeep Athlete of the Week is Grant Adams, the standout tennis player from Texas High School in Texarkana, TX. More>>
Aaron Jackson is an Ark-La-Tex athlete to keep your eyes on. The Waskom sophomore is a state champion in the high jump. More>>
Cobi Hamilton is one of the best athletes Texas High School in Texarkana has ever seen. After capturing gold in both the 200 and 4X 200 Hamilton stands alone in the Tiger record books. More>>
For this week's Landers' Dodge Chrysler Jeep Athlete of the Week we headed to Elysian Fields, Texas where softball pitcher Blair Hickey dominated foes all season long. While the Lady Jackets fell just More>>
Matt Wolfe from Parkway High School is the latest Landers' Dodge Chrysler Jeep Athlete of the Week. The senior track star won two state championships this year and came in second in another race at the More>>
This week's Landers's Dodge Chrysler Jeep Athlete of the week hails from Stamps, Arkansas. Lantz Castleman is a standout two-sport athlete at Lafayette County High School. Castleman was a standout lineman More>>
The Evangel Christian Academy baseball team won a state championship this past week, and while there were many Eagles who contributed to the victory, one was truly amazing. . .pitcher/ slugger Bronson More>>
Ashley Shelton is this week's Landers Dodge Chrysler Jeep Athlete of the Week. Shelton is a standout in track at Mansfield High School, where she runs the 100, 200, and 4x100 relay. Shelton helped the More>>
Evangel's Emily Rousseau is one of the most dynamic pitchers in all of Louisiana high school softball. She led the Lady Eagles all the way to Sulphur and pitched Evangel to a state championship over the More>>
Lucas Burk is a two sport star at Benton High School who played football and throws javelin for the Tigers. That is why he is this week's Landers Dodge Chrysler Jeep Athlete of the Week. He also excels More>>
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Airline senior twins, Megan and Mallory Waggoner are both very good high school softball players, but it's the fact that they are playing at all that is what's truly impressive. Mallory fell because More>>
Jasmine Cole has dominated on both the track and the basketball court for the past 4 years at Doyline High School, and for her work in those fields, as well as being a 3.5 student she is this week's Landers More>>
The latest Landers Dodge Chrysler Jeep Athlete of the week is one of the most prolific scorers in the history of Shreveport/ Bossier basketball. In fact Loyola's Charles Winborne sits behind only the More>>
For the latest edition of the Landers Dodge Chrysler Jeep Athlete of the week we head to Evangel for standout Vashni Sharp. Sharp led the Lady Eagles basketball team to a 25 win season, and a spot in More>>
Despite being just a freshman, Benton's Lulu Perry has already scored a career's worth of points. Perry, just 14 years old, has pumped in over 800 points already in her rookie campaign in high school, More>>
February 11th-- This week's Landers Dodge Chrysler Jeep Athlete of the Week, Dwayne Ramsey from Castor may not be the fastest runner in Louisiana, but the story of how he became an athlete may be the More>>
February 4th-- The Landers Dodge Chrysler Jeep Athlete of the Week this week goes to perhaps the Ark-La-Tex's brightest star on the gridiron. Mansfield's Chris Davenport is a coveted 5-Star recruit, More>>
The latest Landers Dodge Chrysler Jeep athlete of the week is Texas High swimming star Chelsea Albright. Just a freshman, Albright has already broken one school record and is gunning for more, and is More>>
Congratulations to Lauren Vizza, this week's Landers Dodge Chrysler Jeep Athlete of the Week. Lauren, a standout soccer player at Caddo Magnet has led the Lady Mustangs to an 18-2-3 record and #8 state More>>
Nathan Johnson is one of the most dominant wrestlers in Northwest Louisiana and this week he is the Landers Dodge Chrysler Jeep Athlete of the Week. Johnson who wrestles at Parkway mostly at 130 pounds More>>
The final Landers Dodge Chrysler Jeep Athlete of the week for 2008 is D.J. Palmer, the all purpose athletic dynamo from Many. Palmer was the star quarterback for the Tiger football team, which he led More>>
The Carthage Bulldogs are one win away from history, and one of the big reasons is running back Dwight Smith. The Dawgs football team is in the state championship for only the 2nd time in school history. More>>
Kendrick Washington is one of the most dynamic basketball players in the Ark-La-Tex. The Huntington senior forward has numerous Division I programs following his every move and this week, he's also the More>>
Congratulations to Morris Claiborne, this week's Landers Dodge Chrysler Jeep Athlete of the Week. The Fair Park senior is a standout on both the football field and the basketball court as well as in the More>>
Congratulations to James Michael Miller this week's Landers Dodge Chrysler Jeep Athlete of the Week. Miller is a standout running back for Calvary Baptist Academy. He is also a star in the classroom More>>
Congratulations to Casey and Corey Henderson this week's Landers' Dodge Chrysler Jeep Athletes of the week. It's the first time here at KSLA that we have awarded brothers the athlete of the week award. More>>
Week 7 Congratulations to L'Damian Washington from Green Oaks, the latest winner of the Landers Dodge Chrysler Jeep Athlete of the week award. L'Damian is an all everything performer for the Giants football More>>
Congratulations to Dalton Morris, the latest Landers Dodge Chrysler Jeep Athlete of the Week. More>>
Congratulations to this week's Lander's Dodge/Chrysler/Jeep Athlete of the Week, Ross Garbarino from Ruston High School. More>>
Congratulations to Dakota Prescott, who has made the most of his opportunity as the Haughton starting quarterback. Prescott has been named the Landers Dodge Chrysler Jeep Athlete of the Week. More>>
Congratulations to Haynesville's Dextrell French, this week's Landers Dodge/Chrysler/Jeep Athlete of the Week. More>>
J. P. McDaniel stars on the high school gridiron every Friday night, but you may not have heard of him. That's because J. P. showcases his talents in relative obscurity on the offensive line for the Airline Vikings. More>>
On the football field, Dez Duron leads the high-powered Evangel Eagles' offense as quarterback. Off the field, he follows his faith as a praise worship leader and singer. More>>
